Joseph Charles Hippolyte Crosse
Joseph Charles Hippolyte Crosse (1 October 1826 in Paris – 7 August 1898) was a French conchologist.
Joseph Charles Hippolyte Crosse | |
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| Born | 1 October 1826 Paris, France |
| Died | 7 August 1898 (aged 71) Fontainebleau, France |
| Known for | Many publications on molluscs |
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| Fields | Conchologist |
With Paul-Henri Fischer (1835–1893) he was co-editor of Journal de Conchyliologie (from 1861). Crosse was the author of over 300 works on Mollusca.[1]
He lived in the Château d'Argeville near Fontainebleau and died there on 7 August 1898. The first Journal de Conchyliologie issue of 1899 was dedicated to his life and work.[2]
Works
- Notice sur les bulimes de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, et description de deux espèces nouvelles (1855).
- Descriptions de coquilles nouvelles (1859).
- Un Mollusque bien maltraité, ou Comment M. Victor-Hugo comprend l'organisation du poulpe (1866).
- Diagnoses molluscorum novorum Guatemalae et Reipublicae Mexicanae (1868).
- Études sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Mexique et du Guatémala (avec Paul Fischer, 1870–1900).
- Contribution à la faune malacologique de Nossi-Bé et de Nossi-Comba (1882).
- Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar, publiée par Alfred Grandidier. Volume XXV. Histoire naturelle des mollusques (avec Paul Fischer, 1889).
- Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de l'Ile de al Trinité (Antilles) (1890).
- Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances (1894).
References
- Obituary— Dr. J.C.H. Crosse
- Journal de conchyliologie vol 67 no. 1, 1899, pages 21-2 (in French)
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